The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

IOSP

Concerning the House

Innospec Inc. develops, manufactures, blends, markets, and supplies specialty chemicals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Performance Chemicals, Fuel Specialties, and Oilfield Services. It offers specialty chemical products used as additives in diesel, jet, marine, fuel oil, and other fuels used in the operation of commercial trucking, marine and aviation engines, power station generators, heating oil, and other industrial machinery applications. It also provides technology-based solutions for customers' processes or products in personal care, home care, agrochemical, construction, mining, and other industrial markets. In addition, the company develops and markets chemical solutions for drilling, completion, production, drag reducing agents, and oil and gas applications. It serves large multinational companies, manufacturers of personal and home care products and global mining, agriculture and building products, and other industrial companies; national and multinational oil companies, fuel marketers and retailers, fuel terminals, marine lines, coating and plastics producers, and other heavy industrial end-users; and multinational public, independent exploration and production, and oilfield services companies. The company was formerly known as Octel Corp. and changed its name to Innospec Inc. in January 2006. Innospec Inc. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

United States · innospec.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.78B+8.1%
Gross profit$492.40M+5.7%
Operating income$177.90M+16.6%
Net income$84.10M+90.4%
Cash from ops$207.30M+9.0%
Quotation

$93.92

+0.80 (+0.9%)

52w hi$93.97
52w lo$65.12
Vol118.79K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.26

Short+0.31
Medium+0.21
Long+0.27

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Innospec Inc.

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$2.31B
Enterprise value$2.10B
Trailing P/E19.17x
Forward P/E15.27x
EV / EBITDA10.99x
P / S (ttm)1.26x
Profit margin6.6%
Return on equity9.1%
Revenue growth+11.8%
Earnings growth+33.0%
Debt / equity3.55
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.79
Corr SPX0.48
Annual vol26.8%
Annual ret-4.1%
Sharpe-0.15
Max DD-47.2%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.33
Sector+0.03
Technical+0.25
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$93.54$94.67$93.28$93.92118.79K
Aug 12$93.93$94.45$92.69$93.12210.90K
Aug 11$93.22$94.56$92.55$93.97205.60K
Aug 10$91.88$93.61$91.84$92.89155.90K
Aug 7$91.67$92.61$89.65$92.44162.90K